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This is a list of Irish Travellers .
Politicians and activists
Laura Angela Collins , author of The Tinker Menace; The diary of an Irish Traveller , human rights activist, chairwomen to Justice 4 all women and children, attendee of the
BRIT School
[1]
Mary Teresa Collins (born 1960s), Traveller human rights activist, a public survivor of the Irish state and church institutions and mother to the author
Laura Angela Collins
[2]
Eileen Flynn (born 1990),
Senator and first female Irish Traveller to serve in the
Oireachtas
[3]
Nan Joyce (1940–2018), pioneering Irish Travellers' rights activist
[4]
Sindy Joyce , the first Irish Traveller to obtain a doctorate from an Irish university, human rights activist, Member of the
Council of State
[5]
Musicians
Margaret Barry (1917–1989), singer
[6]
Felix Doran (died 1972), one of the most influential
uilleann pipers in the history of
Irish music , active during the first half of the 20th century
[7]
Johnny Doran (1908–1950), Irish
Uilleann piper , brother of
Felix Doran
[8]
Pecker Dunne (1933–2012), singer from
County Wexford , Ireland.
[9]
Finbar Furey (born 1946), Irish folk musician. He is best known for songs such as "Campfire in the Dark" and "Sweet Sixteen".
[10]
Paddy Keenan (born 1950), piper, founding member of the
Bothy Band in the 1970s and a key figure in the transition of Irish traditional music into the world of
Celtic -dominated music
[11]
John Reilly (1926–1969),
traditional Irish singer and
source of songs
[12]
Mike Ward (born 1990), English singer and runner up/finalist from
The Voice UK . He has Irish Traveller roots on his father's side and is also distant cousins with
Shayne Ward .
[13]
Shayne Ward (born 1984), English singer and former winner of
X Factor , whose parents are Irish Travellers who settled in England
[14]
Athletes
Francie Barrett (born 1972) represented Ireland at the
Summer Olympics in
Atlanta , Georgia in 1996.
[15]
Hughie Fury (born 1994), professional boxer from
Greater Manchester who won the British
heavyweight title
[16]
Tyson Fury (born 1988), professional boxer based in
Manchester , England and WBC heavyweight champion
[15]
Michael Gomez (born 1977), professional boxer based in Manchester, England, was born to an
Irish Traveller family in
County Longford
[17]
Bartley Gorman (1944–2002), self declared
"king" of the gypsies and undefeated
bareknuckle boxing champion
[18]
Nathan Gorman (born 1996), professional boxer from
Cheshire who fought for the British Heavyweight title
[19]
Andy Lee (born 1984), former WBO
Middleweight world champion
[20]
John Joe Nevin (born 1988), boxer, Irish International, two-time Olympian, and a London 2012 silver medalist
[15]
John O'Donnell (born 1985), boxer
[20]
Cinema, television, theatre
Michael Collins , actor (
King of the Travellers )
[21]
Sean Connery (1930–2020), Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James in seven
Bond films . Research revealed his paternal great-grandparents were Irish Travellers from
County Wexford, Ireland .
[22]
John Connors (born 1990), actor, screen writer, documentary film-maker and human rights activist (
Love/Hate )
[23]
Patrick "Paddy" Doherty (born 1959), former
bare-knuckle boxer . He is best known as one of the interviewed Irish Travelers in
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and the winner of
Celebrity Big Brother 2011 .
[24]
Hughie Maughan , runner-up of
Big Brother 17 , contestant on the Irish
Dancing with the Stars
[25] he also partook in
First dates ireland
Rosaleen McDonagh , playwright
[26]
References
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"Awards ceremony celebrates achievements and contributions made by Travellers" . RTE.ie . 30 May 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2020 .
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"Daughter begs for return of mother's body – buried in mass grave after 27 years in Magdalene asylum" . mirror.co.uk . 16 July 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2020 .
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"Eileen Flynn: Irish Traveller makes history by becoming a senator" . BBC News . 29 June 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020 .
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"Traveller Activist Nan Joyce" . RTÉ Archives . Retrieved 11 November 2020 .
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"Sindy Joyce and Sinead Burke appointed to Council of State by President Michael D Higgins" . Extra.ie . 16 April 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2020 .
^ Irwin, Colin (18 January 2017).
"Margaret Barry: wild Irish woman of the British folk scene" . The Guardian .
ISSN
0261-3077 . Retrieved 11 November 2020 .
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"Felix Doran – The Last Of The Travelling Pipers" . Topic Records . Retrieved 11 November 2020 .
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"Johnny Doran" . John Kelly Capel Street . Retrieved 11 November 2020 .
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"Ballad Biographies of Irish Folk Singers" . Iol.ie. 7 January 2010.
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"Finbar Furey wins The Hit" . 31 August 2013.
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"About Paddy" . PaddyKeenan.com. 2002. Archived from
the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2010 .
^ Reilly, John; Munnelly, Tom; Galvin, Rónán; Galvin, Rónán (26 October 1971),
[False Lankum, sung by John Reilly, a Traveller, who was camped at Cloongrehan, Cootehall, County Roscommon] , Cloongrehan, Cootehall, County Roscommon., retrieved 12 November 2020 {{
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^ Fitzpatrick, Katie (23 February 2015).
"@BBCTheVoiceUK star @MikeWardUK to become a dad" . Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 12 November 2020 .
^ Fitzpatrick, Katie (12 January 2020).
"Music, marriage and baby plans – Shayne Ward's 2020" . Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 11 November 2020 .
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"BoxRec" . boxrec.com . Retrieved 5 December 2019 .
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"Boxing – Tonight's stop for the Hughie Fury international express" . 22 December 2015. Archived from
the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2020 .
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"Back on track – Manchester Evening News" . archive.vn . 21 April 2013.
Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2020 .
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"Eyewitness: Last great bare-knuckle champion is laid to rest" . The Independent . 27 January 2002. Retrieved 12 November 2020 .
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"Dubois beats Gorman to win British title" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 12 November 2020 .
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"Irish middleweight Andy Lee teams up with English trainer Adam Booth" . IrishCentral.com . 24 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2020 .
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"TheJournal.ie" . TheJournal.ie . Retrieved 5 December 2019 .
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"Connery's Wexford roots are revealed" . independent . December 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2021 .
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" 'I have a love-hate relationship with acting' – John Connors" . independent . 26 February 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020 .
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" 'Celebrity Big Brother' star Paddy Doherty says he 'considered suicide' over pain of prostate cancer" . uk.news.yahoo.com . 11 March 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020 .
^ McGowan, Sharon (20 October 2017).
"Hughie Maughan to launch his own fake tan after Dancing With The Stars disaster" . Irish Mirror . Retrieved 12 November 2020 .
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"Rosaleen McDonagh – First Traveller elected to Aosdána Pavee Point" . 5 May 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2020 .
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